Daniel Cormier doesn’t agree with Jon Jones usually, however one subject they see eye-to-eye on is the doubtful loss on Jones’ file.
On Jones’ 29-fight résumé, there are two obtrusive blemishes: A 2009 loss to Matt Hamill that occurred when Jones was disqualified for the usage of prohibited 12-to-6 elbows, and his 2017 knockout of Cormier that was later overturned to a no-contest when Jones examined constructive for a banned substance.
Although nothing might be finished in regards to the latter consequence, Cormier is an advocate for Jones’ lone loss to be eliminated, particularly with the lately revised guidelines (together with the legalization of 12-to-6 elbows) that have been launched at UFC Edmonton this previous Saturday.
“Jon Jones ought to be undefeated,” Cormier stated at a Q&A this previous Friday in Edmonton. “He actually ought to be. A 12-6 elbow is loopy, however , we solely can battle underneath the principles that they offer us and, sadly, there was a moron referee that stated he ought to be disqualified. However he’s undefeated.”
Cormier and Jones have a storied rivalry, with the 2 buying and selling loads of pictures out and in of the octagon. Although their second assembly is formally a no-contest, Jones nonetheless holds a win over Cormier, having received a unanimous determination over “DC” of their first battle at UFC 182.
The build-up to their fights noticed Cormier and Jones regularly insult one another and at one level even interact in a public brawl. Within the years since their final battle, a grudging respect has developed between the 2, and Cormier is okay with the place their relationship stands.
“We aren’t nice and I don’t assume that we ever should [be],” Cormier stated. “I feel folks have to cease eager for the right pleased ending. Guys don’t should do what Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield did. It may be OK to simply be OK with us being as we’re and I’m positive with it, so that you guys ought to be, too.”
Jones, the present UFC heavyweight champion, is about to defend his title towards Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York. The bout is being billed as a battle of two of the best fighters of all time and probably the ultimate battle for each, although neither has made any agency dedication to a battle night time retirement.
Cormier, for one, will miss seeing Jones compete.
“He’s beat quite a lot of guys,” Cormier stated. “The quantity of champions that Jon Jones has crushed over the course of his profession may be very spectacular. The man has been champion for a very long time, he’s finished an excellent job, and it’ll suck every time he’s gone as a result of the sport is healthier when you have got fighters like that in it. Sadly, there’s been quite a lot of instances the place he hasn’t been in it due to the issues that he’s finished.”
Watch the UFC Edmonton Q&A under.
